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Funeral services for Mrs. Yolander Demetrous Sheppard Fletcher will be Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. at the St John A.M.E. Church in Plains, GA with Rev. George Frank Monts officiating. Burial will follow at the Lebanon Cemetery. Yolander died on Thursday, February 27, 2014 in Jacksonville, FL
Mrs. Yolander Demetrous Sheppard Fletcher was born on May 10, 1972 to Larry Sheppard and LaDaisy Schley-Ware. At an early age she joined Mount Salem Baptist Church. She was a graduate of Americus High School class of 1990. Yolander was preceded in death by her grandparents Anne Maude Schley, Johnny Mae Cook, Georgia Lee and Author Lee Sheppard and Inez and Alfred Laster, one aunt Shirley Sheppard Gary, Americus, GA and two uncles: Sylvester Schley, Jacksonville FL, and Ned Brown, Americus, GA
She is survived by her husband Kelly J Fletcher; A son, Darius J Fletcher and a daughter Kellya J Fletcher all of Jacksonville FL; two step kids Kelley and Andrew Fletcher, Jacksonville FL; her father Larry (Connie) Sheppard, Jacksonville FL; her mother LaDaisy (Eugene) Ware, Jacksonville, FL; a sister, Volisa (Jemale) Cross and two brothers: Montrell Sheppard both of Jacksonville FL; and Charles Hunt of Fort Lauderdale Fl.; grand parents: Baldwin (Sharon) Schley, Attleboro, MA; aunts: Inez (Johnny) Battle, Bertha (Walt) Bruce all of Plains, GA; Gwen (Joyce) Merritt, Yonkers, NY; Lavern (Bryant) Morrison New York, NY, Monica (Shannon) Daniels Ft. Walton Beach Fl., Angela (Engene) Brown, Lakeland FL. Valerie Schley, Jacksonville FL; two uncles: Willie J. Sheppard, Macon, GA and Dudley (Shirley) Gary, Americus, GA; two nephews: Christopher Sheppard, Jacksonville, FL and Jarrod McNish Atlanta GA; two nieces Shambreka Bussey and Latia Sheppard, Jacksonville, FL; mother and father-in-law Mamie and Jake Fletcher, Jacksonville FL; sister-in-law Angela Fletcher, Atlanta GA; and a very special friend Diane Moody and a host of great aunts & uncles cousins and friends.